Charity profile · Historical source record

Chicago Public Media

EIN 36-3687394Arts, Culture, Humanities Illinois Large

Historical collection: May 2019 · Rating details mostly from 2017. Source & context

The mission

What this organization describes

Offering programs that speak with many voices to community needs

Chicago Public Media is a community-supported, public service broadcasting institution. We offer programs that speak with many voices to community needs and are a reflection of the distinctive and diverse Chicago area. We help listeners learn about issues and ideas that affect the community, the nation, and the world. We produce, acquire, and distribute engaging, thoughtful, and entertaining programs of depth, breadth, diversity, and substance that speak powerfully. We are principally a broadcaster. We also serve our local and national community with supplemental distribution initiatives. We expand our outreach to the community and enhance our production effort through partnerships and educational programs with local and national institutions.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

83.37Overall score
out of 100

77.55Financial score
out of 100

93.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$25,772,861

Total expenses · USD$24,050,416

Program expenses

$17,677,055.76 recorded amount

73.5%

Fundraising expenses

$4,761,982.37 recorded amount

19.8%

Administrative expenses

$1,563,277.04 recorded amount

6.5%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.20 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

Expense shares are displayed as percentages. Component amounts in this collection match total expenses multiplied by the source ratios; rounding can leave a small difference from the total. The source does not supply a row-specific fiscal year. Field definitions ↗

Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Golnar Sheikholeslami
Recorded compensation: $488,414.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 2.03%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Chicago Public Media
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	93.0
`category` Category	Arts, Culture, Humanities
`description` Mission & description	Chicago Public Media is a community-supported, public service broadcasting institution. We offer programs that speak with many voices to community needs and are a reflection of the distinctive and diverse Chicago area. We help listeners learn about issues and ideas that affect the community, the nation, and the world. We produce, acquire, and distribute engaging, thoughtful, and entertaining programs of depth, breadth, diversity, and substance that speak powerfully. We are principally a broadcaster. We also serve our local and national community with supplemental distribution initiatives. We expand our outreach to the community and enhance our production effort through partnerships and educational programs with local and national institutions.
`ein` EIN	36-3687394
`tot_exp` Total expenses	24050416.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.065
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.2
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.198
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.735
`fscore` Financial score	77.55
`leader` Recorded leader	Golnar Sheikholeslami
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	488414.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0203
`motto` Tagline	Offering programs that speak with many voices to community needs
`name` Charity name	Chicago Public Media
`tot_rev` Total revenue	25772861.0
`score` Overall score	83.37
`state` State code	IL
`subcategory` Subcategory	Public Broadcasting and Media
`size` Source size label	big
`program_exp` Program expenses	17677055.759999998
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	4761982.368
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	1563277.04

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 36-3687394
Source category: Arts, Culture, Humanities
Source subcategory: Public Broadcasting and Media
Recorded location: Illinois (IL)
Expense-based size: Large
Above $13.5M in total expenses · source label: big

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Source: Charity Navigator Scores Expenses Dataset, version 1, attributed to katyjqian on Kaggle. Collection: May 2019; rating details mostly from 2017. Read attribution, scope, and reuse notes.